(Don't Fear) the Reaper
or maybe this was said already
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 31 May 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
My personal favorite:
The Saints "(I'm) Stranded"
― Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link
DEVO - "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')"
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Lefty Frizzell was all about this shit:
Always Late (With Your Kisses) Don't Think It Ain't Been Fun, Dear (Cuz It Ain't) Forever (And Always) Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You) I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday) I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)
etc.
― jim, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)
that's less than half!
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh shit yeah.
His brother David has one with more than a half, also hilarious.
I'm Gonna Hire a Wino (to Decorate Our Home)
― jim, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Gangsta Boo - Can I Get Paid? (Get Your Broke Ass Out) (Da Strippers Anthem)
― clotpoll, Friday, 1 June 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"I (Who Have Nothing)" - Ben E. King
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Choice picks from The Happy Flowers: "I Wanna BB Gun (And Some Glass Eyes)" "If This Gun Were Real (I Could Shoot You and Sleep in the Big Bed With Mommy)" "Let's Eat the Baby (Like My Gerbils Did)"
Also, from Dwight Yoakam's band in Sling Blade: "Stuart Drives a Comfortable Car (There's Usally Someone In the Trunk)"
― Pillbox, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 01:22 (sixteen years ago) link
mbv - (you're) safe in your sleep (from that girl)
worst offender
see also (when you wake) you're still in a dream
― electricsound, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 01:37 (sixteen years ago) link
A Quick One (While He's Away) -- The Who
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
(No Pussyfooting) - Fripp & Eno
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
just going over the thread.
maybe like 20 people who posted in this thread actually read the title.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes I know (No Pussyfooting) is all in the parentheses but I couldn't think of anything else. Call it bandwagonism.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:13 (sixteen years ago) link
pet shop boys - se a vida e (that's the way life is)
― stephen, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:19 (sixteen years ago) link
(I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and) Whittle Away My Furniture - TISM
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day)"
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
(Hmm. I had already mentioned that, but ILX skipped the middle part when I tried searching)
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
Can't believe no-one's said it yet.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link
The Jesus Lizard - (Fly) On (The Wall)
― braveclub, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Half Man Half Biscuit - Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A)
― nate woolls, Sunday, 18 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird" - Chuck Jackson "I'm Blue (The Gong Gond Song)" - The Ikettes
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Messed up that first last parenthesis.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Chi Mai (Main Title Theme From The BBC TV Series 'The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George)" by Ennio Morricone "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Short Comings)" by the Faces
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Did that James Brown song Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn have parentheses? If not I feel as though it should.
― RabiesAngentleman, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
"(I Feel Like A) Dictionary" - Trend
― one time, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
No, but "Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) (Part I)" did. (xpost)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
But "...Popcorn..." was also split into parts 1 & 2, so it did have the one set of brackets.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Popular in P-Funk circles:
Bootsy's Rubber Band, Bootsy? (What's The Name of This Town) Funkadelic, Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll) Parliament, P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) Parliament, (You're A Fish And I'm A) Water Sign
... and lots of others
― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
...not to mention "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" !
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:08 (sixteen years ago) link
(...which I guess was accounted for under "lots of others", duh.)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I couldn't fit 'em all in!
― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, the official title of the second part was
"Part Two (Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn)"
as pointed out by the ever reliable fact checking cuz upthread.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
116. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) -The Crystals More from the pen of Gerry Goffin: "Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" - Barry Mann "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
― Millsner, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) - The White Stripes Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) - MC5 Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In) - The Chameleons
― Millsner, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
exit music (for a dick) - will oldham you can look (but you better not touch) - bruce springstein bells (with tremolo and distortion) - sic alps i wish i knew (how it would feel to be free) - marlena shaw
― city worker, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
― craven, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link
(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden
― craven, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 08:17 (sixteen years ago) link
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird" - Chuck Jackson Another one from the pen of Burt Bacharach "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" - Gene Pitney
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 2 February 2008 05:53 (sixteen years ago) link
As well as "(They Long To Be) Close To You"- The Carpenters "Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha)" - Jerry Butler/Lou Johnson/Adam Faith
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
The Shapes - "(I Saw) Batman (in the Launderette)"
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 2 February 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat) by the DeFranco Family
― craven, Sunday, 3 February 2008 09:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison Remember (Walking In the Sand) - Shangri-Las
― craven, Sunday, 3 February 2008 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
― Siegbran, Sunday, 3 February 2008 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Seem to be less of these around nowadays.
― Bodrick III, Sunday, 3 February 2008 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link
weezer - undone (the sweater song)
― sadie8707, Sunday, 3 February 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Time (Clock Of The Heart)" - Culture Club
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
"Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" - The Bee Gees
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison "That's Why (I Love You So)" - Jackie Wilson
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link